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Defense Institute
"Instituto Defesa" [1]
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FoundedDecember 27, 2013;7 years ago (2013-12-27) [1]
Type Non-governmental, nonprofit organization [2]
PurposeTo organize society in the struggle for the inalienable right of gun rights, the greatest guarantor of all other rights considered to be fundamental [2]
Headquarters Curitiba, Paraná [1]
Lucas Martins da Silveira [1]
President
Lucas Martins da Silveira [2]
Website defesa.org/dwp/

The Defense Institute (in Portuguese: "Instituto Defesa") is a non-governmental, nonprofit organization, created in 2013, [1] with the main objective of guaranteeing citizens the inalienable right to keep and bear arms.

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Overview

The Defense Institute was created in response to the government's failure to comply with the popular will expressed in the result of the 2005 referendum, which rejected the proposal to restrict access to the right to keep and bear arms. [2]

Actions

In 2016, the Defense Institute, in partnership with the IMBEL ("Brazilian Military Material Industry"), started producing videos of that company's guns. [3]

On 28 and 29 September 2019, the Defense Institute organized and promoted the "IV Regional Meeting of the DEFESA Institute", in the city of Salvador, Bahia. [4]

On 5 October 2019, the Defense Institute organized and promoted the "I Meeting of the DEFESA Institute in PARANÁ", in the city of Quatro Barras, Paraná. [5]

The Defense Institute has been promoting and conducting training courses and events related to the subject of self-defense. [6]

The Defense Institute has also been promoting political actions and has been advocating since 2011 the commercialization of firearms without barriers imposed by the State. [7]

On 15 October 2020, the Defense Institute, in partnership with the shooting club "Tactical Shoot", promoted the 1st SHOOTING OPEN TOURNAMENT, in the city of Botucatu, São Paulo. [8]

Organization

Defense Institute Board: [2]

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References

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  3. "Instituto Defesa produz vídeos das armas produzidas pela IMBEL". IMBEL. 14 March 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  4. "IV Encontro do Instituto DEFESA na Bahia". CAVIG – Formação, treinamento e clube de tiro. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  5. "I Encontro do Instituto DEFESA no PARANÁ". Portal do Tiro. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  6. "Eventos". Defense Institute. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  7. Victor Calcagno (13 October 2019). "Grupo armamentista faz eventos pelo país e lobby em Brasília, mas se diz 'traído' por Bolsonaro". Época Magazine . Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  8. "1º TORNEIO ABERTO DE TIRO – INSTITUTO DEFESA E TACTICAL SHOOT". Tactical Shoot Clube de Tiro. 15 October 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2021.